KEY MOVEMENT SYSTEM
This chapter will assist you as you develop the strength and skills necessary to support static and dynamic movements in Breakin. While skills are made up of many aspects, these movements and positions presented below are essential to gain balance, mobility, and coordination for the ensuing Breakin Foundation. Understanding body tension, proper form, and body mechanics, the practitioners create shapes to maximize balance, power, and movement efficiency. It’s important to reinforce these shapes during each practice.
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PATS
Plank. A-frame. Tabletop. Squat.
The BTR Key Movement System is made up of these four base positions that represent the four positions of orientation. All movement, static and dynamic, takes place in and out of these positions.
Course Content
KEY MOVEMENT SYSTEM
Table top = Supine (facing down)
PLANK
Prone / Facing down (position of orientation)
PLANK is a chest and arm dominant horizontal push hold which provides a great base for core awareness, specifically bracing your core to connect your upper and lower body in the prone position.
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Plank = prone (facing down)
BREAK SQUAT
Upright (position of orientation)
Break Squat is a total lower body and back extensor dominant push that is important for controlling your drops (transitions from standing to the ground) as well as agility in their front footwork position.
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Break squat + upright
TABLETOP
Supine / Facing upward (position of orientation)
TABLETOP is a hip pushing/lifting and strengthening position that teaches the glutes and hamstrings to assist in extension patterns prominent in Breakin. Additionally, this targets upper back and shoulder mobility with arms back in extension.
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